Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1866-08-21

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 21, 1866

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Washington D.C., US

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09  Death: 1866-10-29

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: mlb 

revision: zz 2021-07-17

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Department of State
Washington Aug 21 1866
Audiences to delegates, seeking Consul-
ates &c all day long — yesterday
Court Journal— as proposed
especially for Miss Fanny Seward
and sent to her by Sec of State —
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Notwithstanding the
assiduous and ambitious Jenkins'
labors, you will expect me to keep
up the Court journal. Well, Her
Majesty
Birth: 1836-01-02 Death: 1885-04-25
visited the Washington
Monument and the State and
Navy Departments yesterday.
In the afternoon she drove out with
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the Secretary of State, attended
by her suite
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through the green-
wood. Her Majesty and party
walked from Chrystal Spring
wading the branch to Pierce’s
Mill. Her Majesty dined
with the Secretary of State. The
Assistant Secretary
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
of State Navy
Birth: 1821-06-13 Death: 1883-10-29
was
honored with an invitation. In
the evening Her Majesty re-
ceived presents ^visits^ from the Swe-
ish Minister
Birth: 1815-11-08 Death: 1887-01-01
, of the Russian
Minister
Birth: 1804 Death: 1892-01-26
, and Mr
Birth: 1826-05-03 Death: 1913
&Mrs Stoeckl
Birth: 1826-05-03 Death: 1913
who
took their audience of leave from
the Secretary to proceed to Russia
in October.
Her Majesty wore–



There, let Jenkins fill up this
blank.
Her Majesty was exceedingly
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interested in the rare African costumes
o and Asiatic
exhibited by the fem de chambre
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at the Secretary’s. Her Majesty
returned at half past ten, precisely.
and the Secretary at half
past eleven.
Miss Fanny Seward.